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IDAHO
Mary York is a third generation Idahoan and first lawyer in her family. Mary attended elementary school in Germany, where her father was stationed by the Army, and her Junior year of college in Paris, attending L’Institute Catholique and La Sorbonne. She grew up helping her Dad fix motorcycles and had her own by the time she was nine. Mary was the 1983 Idaho State Jr. Fiddle Champion (thirteen and under) and placed sixth in the nation that year at the National Old Time Fiddlers Contest. Mary has climbed many mountains including Mt. Borah (highest in Idaho), Mt. Whitney, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood, and Mount Fuji, and she has made attempts on Mount Rainier and Mount Kilimanjaro.
ILLINOIS
Stetson Atwood is the first lawyer in his family; he decided to go to law school after a few years working at an insurance company because everyone seemed to have to talk to the lawyer before they could do anything. Stetson enjoys fishing and is President of the Donnell Lake Conservation Club, which provides social and conservational efforts for the 350 families who use the Michigan lake. Stetson hosts a youth fishing tournament every year for twenty-five to fifty kids.
Matthew Crowl clerked for Hon. James F. Holderman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and worked in public service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and as First Deputy Chief of Staff for the City of Chicago for fifteen years before entering private practice.
IOWA
Steve Doohen and his wife Kathleen built an authentic Irish pub in the basement of their home. Of course, several trips to Ireland and its many pubs were required in order to get the design and ambience just right. Prominently displayed above the bar is the James Joyce Pub Award – awarded to those establishments that remain “an outstanding example of the tradition which Joyce immortalized in his works” and recognized as “an authentic Irish pub which retains a genuineness of atmosphere, friendliness and presence of good company.”
Matthew Novak was a Division III Academic All-American baseball player in college. He taught Business Law as an ad- junct professor for twenty years at his alma mater, Coe College, where he gave a C to a student who is now the College’s President. Matt once told a group of lawyers, to polite applause, that he had achieved twelve defense verdicts in a row over the previous two and a half years. But he received thunderous applause when he added that he had represented the plaintiffs in two of them.
LOUISIANA
David Bowling started in insurance defense work before transitioning to a primarily plaintiffs’ personal injury practice. David is an avid fisherman and boater and a founding member of the Grand Isle Speckled Trout Rodeo and Redfish Roundup (“GISTRRR”). He is the lead guitarist and backup vocalist for the GISTRRR Band which performs annually at the event.
J. Cullens has hosted, every other year since 2005, a “Rock Fusion” party, a family-oriented, all-day event featuring BBQ and competitive outdoor sporting events set to the music of two rock bands. Some past Rock Fusions have celebrated the music of Pink Zeppelin, Queen Prince, Police Cars, Rolling Dobbies, R.U.? M.E. 2, Top Guns, and AB / DC. When not fusing music, J. hosts monthly poker tournaments in which the top player earns a seat to play in the annual WSOP main event in Vegas. Twenty years of it, and J. has never won. Yet. J. spends as much time as he can fishing with friends and family at his camp in Port Fourchon on the coast of Louisi-
ana. It is debatable whether he fishes as well as he plays poker.
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JOURNAL
Billy Gibbens recently completed the successful defense of the District Attorney of New Orleans – who is a Fellow – in a politically-charged federal tax prosecution. Interestingly, this is the third time since 1970 that a sitting New Orleans district attorney was federally prosecuted and acquitted. Billy has twin sixteen-year-olds who keep his wife and him on their toes, and he is a proud Louisiana chef – He has in a single day boiled crawfish, shucked oysters, and fried trout all while checking crab traps between courses.